Vehicle.



v iATBNTBD JANS, 1907. J. D. ROURK @L G. J. A. BADDETT.

VEHICLE..

APPLIATION FILED AUG. 20.1996.

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l To all who 1 ht, and aliund the i. apparatus very accommodate the relative movements A f f trates a fork formed upon the axletre hollowboss formed upon the .thth

after appear.

- UNITED .sTArEs PATENT 'OFFICE JOSEPH D. RoUnK .AND GODFREY J. A.4 BADDETT, or NEW rolex, N. Y.

Patented Jax1 8,1`907. somma 331,354.

` i Speciicatio'nof Letters Patent.

No. 840,588. v

- Anuman .mail lingua zo, i906 m #may concern: 3, illustrates the intle as integral'with Be it known` that we, JosEPn-D. Ronan, ta. the,'sw1'1-1ging'l axle and) p citizen of the United States of Arnericafresidf.: frgniyas Wel ,as other lde vin the borou h of Brooklyn, cityoffNeW eli-ed to-.l- :"ork, county-o Kings,L and .State'ot New-wg# Referring more York, and GODFREY J. A. BADDETT, asubject yof the King of Great Britain, residing in the nhattan city,

have invented certain- 'z tails h particularly to 1', the, l tapering and d s inner end with ereinafterv reafork A2,

an axletree 6. The d together by t its lower end a, d a seat 9. in the fork, a -shoulder' 10 extending lup .from said -head and Athrough a cylindrical o ening 1 1 in the lower y -end of the boss 5.v

d extends a shank 12, ose upper end is fitted in an opening 13 in the up er end of the boss ove said boss the-'shank is reduced at 14 to pass through a' hole in the part 3 of the l fork, and a nut 15`is threaded upon 4the t projecting endv of the pintle ,to

'of the shank part 3 of the face of the muse.

We preferably 'form u on the end of the' axletree a hollow boss and)forkthe,end of the h swinging axle to inclose said boss and pass a e boss, the p' aving at one end a relatively large shoulend tle h The shank 12 and sho have an excessof length to accommodate t e relative up-and-down movements of thel axle and axletree as the spring 16 compresses and expands. etween the sprin 16 and the shoulder 10 is preferably inserte a washer 17, and b shoulder is confine which boss, the diameter of the spring being about vthe' same las /the diameter of the shoulder, so a t e spring may b e readily inserted with e besa We also aim to make the steering sensitive and easily controllab1e,to this endprovidin sets of bearingballs to run upon the shou der'and shank of the pintle, vwhich has ,an excess-'of length -to of the pintle. hereinbearing-balls 18 riphery of t e sha upon the periphery of t 'axle and-axletree longitudinally of the balls being confined .Other objects and advantages will the avcompanyin perspective View, part erred y `senspring 16 is er than that of that it may be readily inserted pon aswinging axle.

gl a about the'sal'ne ora trifle small swinging axle. the hole 1'1, so

IOjcting -up thereesignated -1 from said shoulder I o draw the eng ulder l e latter andthe 'innen end' of' the hollow boss..

into. and removed from the boss, and the shoulden l0 isl-niade-of suilicient diameter to till the hole il. lf the sets of balls '2l and '22 are ornitte more closely in the bearings than if the balls are present, so as to avoid lateral-play.

tFig. 2 the boss 5 is forme upon the, axle l', and the forli 2 is formed upon the end of the -axletree 6.- 'The pintle is of the saine form and construction ,as seen F1 oylindricalzbearingfllto fitfuponthe shoule derA l0. andiis-hol-lowedtoutito receivethe springgi; Nearitstopstlie bushing is. provided witlof. ai partition. 30,- againsti. which boars'the upper .end ot the spring.' The bears orrned fwitli .a partition :for the upa pw. end. of the pi-ntl/e.4 The axle-and boss may. sliderdown uonithe pintle until the boss strikes. :the 'pa' 12.7'. and are 4returned by the spring.116a stopenut 31 being threaded upon thetip et :the pintlef above the partition 30; A-.cap-'nut=32 is threadedupontlie top otthlef-boss-.5, a spacefbeingflett withinrthe cap: )foiwthe` up-andldown movements ofthe pciiitle.h

' Having-'thus clairs- 4 1 L The .combination of :an axletree, a swing# ingfaxle', a' intle.. connecting saidmembers, said'.pintleil av'ingasshoulder and afshanlk, and oneioi'said members having a holldwboss iiittecl aitoneiend to ytum uponzrsaid shoulder; amidst the otherierrd to turn upon said shank, and a=shock-absorbing-s rin -coiled about said 'pintlewithzan said .ho I low ossand bears a ainstisaid shoulder' and thef opposite end ,theloossa; said shankland shoulder:hav-l ing f an excess oi length .for accommodating the relativetplay ci the.axletree and axle lons gitndnally oi ysaid .p

described the invention, we

linlilet 2.: The combination ot arnaxletree, a swinging axle, one'niisaidmembers having .a hollow bossf and. 'thefother f having, a fork spanning.

said boss, a. intle connecting saidmemberg said ipmtlez airing: aghead seated., uponi one end osaidforln; and havingazshbulder anda shanllrs .said hollowfboss fitted :at f oney end to turn upon said 'Shoal/der;- and vat thezother :end to tnrirgiispsonrs'aidshanh, said shank-.having a redueedend ing through the otherzend ofsaid dork, provided with securing means,

d, it will be understood. that the l end of the boss; A shoulder and shank will be made to fit a trifle ing axle, `a

` set oi bearing-balls Yriphery of sai senses and a shock-absorbinghs rin .i coiled about said'pintle within said. 'oow 'oss and bearingvagainst saidshoulder and the opposite .said shank and shoulder having an excess of length ioraccommodating the relative lay of the axletree and axle longitudinally o said pintle.

3. The combination of an axletree ,a swingintle connecting 'said members,

saidpintlefnaving a shoulder and a shanli,

and one of said members having 4a hollow boss fitted at oneend to turn ripensa-id slsenl-l der, .and atf the otherr4 end :to tarn" upon said shank, a shoe absorbing spring coil said printle within said liollowboss and bear:

ing against. saidi shoulder! and the opposite end of thebossg said shank and shoulder-haw in an excess of length i fori accommodating the relative playo the axletree' and' axlelone o'itudinally of Isaid fpintle, a washerlinterposed etween said .spring and said shoulder; andla interposed between said washer and said shoulder 4; The combination ci an axletree, asw'inge' ing axle, oneof said membersha'vingah'ollow boss, andthe-other having a fork spa/inning said '.boss, a pintle connecting said members, said pintlehaving a head. seated u on one end oi"- said iork,lanid liaving ashoul er anda shank, said hollow boss fitted at .onesend to turn upon said shoulder; and at theotherend to turn upon said shank, said shanlrhaving'a reducedend assingthrough the other end oil said'forle, and rov'ided with securing means; a. shockwabsor ein 1 spring' coiled' about. said pintle within sai hollow boss and beasin'g' against said shoulder aridtl1eopposite end of the boss.; said sli-anhand1shoiilde|lraving-an excess oilength ioieaecomnriodatins .the rela tive play oiftlref axletree andaxle lon i'lndiL nally oi- 'said pintle, a setlorf 'bearing-bal s runa ning around'zthe eriphery of said' shfanfle,- and asset of bearin allsrunning yaround the pee shoulder; means bein g" prod ided upon-said boss-for `confini-ing said #sets of 5.: Theco -bination of anaxletree, @swingY ing axle, one of said .members having a hollow boss, andthe other 4'having aforlr spanning;

said fboss, a pintle connecting said members, said ipintle having a head seated upon =oneendzofsaid tor-k, and having a'f'shoul'derand a shank, said hollow boss iittedatone-endlto turn upon said shoulde'ryand :at-tlieotherfend to turn uponl said shank, said 'shankhaving a reducedend passing through tlie-'otherfend ot said fork; and. rovided withi sccuringmoans,

ashock-absor ing; spring coiled aboutisaid pntle--within lsaid 'hollow' boss and bearing against'said 'shoulder and the opposite end' 'oi'I the boss.; said shanle and shoulder rluiving an excess of 'length for acoonu-nodatiiny Ethe relative play oithe axletree and axlellongitudied. about nelly of said pini-fle,

set of bearing-bass rlphery ef saidsh spring "and said sh interposed between said e vset ef bering-Balls rneripheryl of said shank, a running around the .10e-H u'lder, and ,a set of bearand said shoulder,

` JAs. J. HUNT, i

L. R. BOURN. -v

lng-balls interposed'ibetween 4said washer oulder; means being prol GODFREY LLA. BADDETT. f ss for confining said sets of Witnesses: 

